"Every Picture Tells a Story ... Don't it:" The Southern North Carolina Coast: Part III
Author: Stan Deatherage | Published: January 3rd, 2011
These berms are actually the northern wall of the former earthen fort, known as Shepherd's Battery, that have been ravaged by time and erosion: Above. The rear of this redoubt allowed entry to the interior of the earthen mound and the battery that rest on the zenith of the battlement: Below.
Looking northwest along the boardwalk toward the savanna of salt marsh that edges the Cape Fear River: Above. It's home below the mounds of spoils separating young confederate defenders of the Cape Fear from cannon shot and musket balls: Below.
A big cannon on a circular pivot on the battlement of the north wall of Fort Fisher insured that the defenders of the Cape Fear had 360 degrees range of fire: Above. Looking south into the Summer sun down the Cape Fear River, where this large cannon would have found an easy target if, per chance, the Union Navy considered entering up the river that led to the port of Wilmington, North Carolina: Below.
A view of the north wall of Fort Fisher from the north: Above. The monument of the confederate soldiers, who paid the ultimate sacrifice for their cause. The monument, known as Battle Acre, is on the Atlantic Ocean side of the State Recreation Area: Below.
One of three North Carolina Aquariums is this one just south of Fort Fisher State Recreation Area: Above. Just a mile from the aquarium is this beautiful unspoiled beach that reminds me so much of Fort Macon or the untamed, unspoiled National Seashore. It was a most blustery day: Below.
Looking north with the sun at my back, and then looking back south and into the Summer sun: Above and below.
At Federal Point, the location of of the Fort Fisher / Southport Ferry, my 'stang was the last vehicle to board: Above. It was a hot, blustery day and making the next images was a bit harder time than I generally have making images. Incidentally, the next picture is of the Remnants of Battery Buchanan of the former Fort Fisher, which anchors this southern point of the island: Bottom.
On such a day with so much sun and wind, there were so many wind surfers. I took some pictures. These are two of them: Above and below.
Along the way to Southport, North Carolina, one notices, first - the unspoiled dunes along the western shore of the Cape Fear Peninsular, second - the many colorful floating and stationary buoys along the route, third - the many birds that inhabit the sandy islands in this river near the mouth where the Cape Fear enters into the Atlantic Ocean: Above. Click upon the map for an enlarged view: Below.
Flying alongside the ferry is this flock of Brown Pelicans: Above. Lighted buoy bobs on the rough river lend its color to a beautiful day: Below.
To be continued...
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